Improvement in children s cribs



"UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

GEORGE w. ENNIs, or ORANGE, NEw JERsEY, AssrGNoR To EIMsELF AND J. P.ENNIs, or sAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHlLDRENS CRIBS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 112,570, dated March14, 1871.

`.'Zo all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. ENNIs, of Orange, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful "Improvement inChildrens Cribs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in cribs forchildren, designed to take the place of the rocking-cradles now in use,and consists in' so connecting the crib with a portable frame that it isgiven a longitudinal motion or held stationary in the frame, as may bedesired, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represeuts an end view, partly insection. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, also partly in section, as throughthe line m a' of Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the frame, which rests upon the oor, consisting of twosidesconnected together by the cross-pieces B` B. C represents stands, twooneachside, firmly attached to A. D` is the crib, which maybe constructedin 'any suitable manner, and of suflicient length and breadth., On theunder side of the crib are two cross-pieces, E, the ends of whichvproject. F represents hangers, one for each of the stands C. Thesehangers are attached to the upper portion of the stands by pivot-screws,as seen at G, and to the projecting ends of the cross-pieces E in thesame manner, so that the crib is suspended by the hangers and allowed tooseillate or move freely back and forth. This motion is very easilyproduced when the child is in the crib, and is far preferable to therocking or rolling motion of the common cradle, which is objected to byinany eminent physicians as affecting the brain of the child veryunfavorably. l

The crib is held in a stationary position, when desired, by means of thebuttons H ou the edges of the stands, which are turned in- Ward, so asto act as a stop to the motion of the hangers. The crib is thus given aswinging longitudinal motion for lulling the baby, and is readily madestationary, like the ordinary bedside crib. The advantages of thisarrangement are many, and must be Obvious to all.-

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent The frame A B, standards C, pivoted hangers F, buttonsH, and projecting cross-pieces E, combined, as described, with anordinary crib D, for the purpose specified.

GEORGE W. ENNIS.

Witnesses GEO. W. MABEE, T. B. MOsHER.

